TMOP #820

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TMOP N°820

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TMOP steht für Transient Moment Of Pleasure. In letzter Zeit habe ich immer öfter beim Fotografieren darüber nachgedacht, welche Bilder, Szenen und Motive bei den Betrachtern wohl am besten ankommen. Letztendlich bringt mich das aber immer weiter weg davon, die Freude am Sehen und damit auch die Freude am Fotografieren zu erhalten. Ich beginne Erfolgsmaterial zu produzieren und lande bestenfalls beim kommerziellen Mainstream. Das ist aber nicht das, was mich meine eigenen Bilder lieben lässt und warum sollte ich Bilder machen, die ich selber nicht liebe? Die TMOP-Serie ist Stop und ein Schritt zurück in die Richtung, in die ich gehen will: die eigene kindliche Freude am Sehen, am Staunen, am Entdecken fördern. Viel Spass mit dem, was dabei heraus kommt!:-)

Look beyond the thing. Just let the quality of color, light and form lead your eyes.

TMOP stands for Transient Moment Of Pleasure and it is part of a series I started a while ago in the spirit of finding back to my photographic roots. I’ve been spending quite some time on google+ and facepalm, err, -book and recently I sat back and contemplated about how this so called social media influences my photographic work. I found myself being more and more influenced by the question, what pictures would be received positively, what shots would probably earn more +1 clicks. I see that a certain kind of shots get incredible amounts of clicks and feedback. Even without being addicted to public approval, I noticed how I am influenced by that +1 flood in my own way of seeing the world. In parts, I lost the freshness, the beginners spirit of pure pleasure in seeing and taking photographs. I noticed how I had to steer against the concepts that would make my shots “famous” here too. But I really don’t want big stones or tree trunks in every single of my landscape photographs, totally smooooth skies and water in every second shot or any of those current “winning concepts”. I want my childish pleasure back. That transient moment of pleasure in seeing the world, in discovering wonderful moments, in diving into color or form or light, in being liberated from documenting stunning things and start again communicating with the world and my heart by simply enjoying moments here and there and not care one single fraction of a second how those moments would be received by a broad community.

Do I stop posting shots here? Certainly not. Do I ignore your feedback? Of course not! I value your feedback very highly and I love to share passion and exchange thoughts.

Have a wonderful day.
Roland

Yours truly

Thousand steps

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Tausend Schritte und es geht immer weiter. Unterwegs. Ich wünsche uns allen, dass uns stets auffällt, wie einmalig jeder Schritt gerade ist.

Thousand steps and the journey goes on and on. On the way. I wish all of us that we always notice how unique each and every step is.

Yours truly

When you start to see the light again

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When you start to see the light again

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And for whatever reasons you were buried in the darkness, there’s that moment when, for the first time, you start to see the light again. It will be transient and yes, you might even doubt it is for real. It might hurt, because the darkness will feel even more pronounced when perceived in the contrast with the light. Take it from a traveler that went that road: it is a healthy and normal part of the process. It’s one important step forward and believe me, I wish I could be there with you, staring at that sun, at those colours and the ripples in time and space. May your heart find ways to love what was and what will be in the same time.

Bon voyage, my friend, bon voyage.

Yours truly

Transformational forces

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Transformational forces

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Die Kräfte der Transformation wirken lassen, das braucht den Mut, das Feuer am brennen zu halten.
Ich wünsche dir diesen Mut und sitze gerne mit dir ans Feuer.

To let the forces of transformation do their work, it takes the courage to keep the fire burning. I wish you that kind of courage and will happily sit down next to your fire.

Yours truly

The magic of the moment

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The magic of the moment

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Es sind doch immer wieder diese unspektakulären Momente voller Magie, die uns aus den Gedanken und Sorgen des Tages entführen können. Es sind keine Lösungen für die anstehenden Aufgaben, aber wundervolle, regenerierende Pausen. Ich wünsche auch dir solche Moment, hier und dort und immer wieder.

Again and again, it’s those unspectacular moments, full of magic, that can bail us out of the thoughts and worries of the day. They are no solutions for the tasks ahead, but wonderful, rejuvenating breaks. I wish you such moments here and there and over again.

  

Yours truly